An elderly man reads to a woman with dementia the story of two young lovers whose romance is threatened by the difference in their respective social classes.An elderly man reads to a woman with dementia the story of two young lovers whose romance is threatened by the difference in their respective social classes.An elderly man reads to a woman with dementia the story of two young lovers whose romance is threatened by the difference in their respective social classes.
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- 12 wins & 10 nominations
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- TriviaRyan Gosling prepared for his role by living in Charleston, South Carolina before filming began. For two months, he rowed the Ashley River every morning and built furniture during the day.
- GoofsThe narrator says, "And after two years of chasing Erwin Rommel through the North African desert..." American forces fought in North Africa from November 1942 to May 1943 - just 6 months.
- Quotes
Noah: I am nothing special; just a common man with common thoughts, and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten. But in one respect I have succeeded as gloriously as anyone who's ever lived: I've loved another with all my heart and soul; and to me, this has always been enough.
- Alternate versionsThe love scenes had to be toned down to avoid an R rating in the United States. The footage is featured on the DVD as deleted scenes. There is no explicit nudity or actual sex shown. Any "sex" scenes were edited down to implied sex instead.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Notebook: Deleted Scenes (2005)
- SoundtracksI'll Be Seeing You
Written by Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal
Performed by Billie Holiday and Jimmy Durante
Courtesy of The Verve Music Group and Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
By arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing
This movie will have you feeling happy and joyful and the scenery is just brilliant. You will feel like you are part of the characters, and you will care about them throughout the whole movie.
The movie gallops in speed as we are absorbed into the great plot and brilliant acting of all the cast involved. Ryan Gosling is brilliant as the shy and quiet Noah, and Rachael McAdams is superbly beautiful as the star of the movie, Allie.
As I said earlier in my review, I did go into the movie not expecting much and that was because I thought it was a typical "boy loves girl" movie which are sometimes just too predictable. Don't get me wrong, they are some good Romantic movies that pull it off very well, but there are simply too many in that particular genre.
The best thing about this movie was the depth of the plot and the actors playing their characters so well. The supporting cast were good, and James Marsden deserves a mention for managing to pull of a hard role as the "rich man" well. Another plus point about this movie was the great script, and you did not see too many "cliches" which is always a good sign in a Romance movie.
It does not matter whether you love romantic movies or hate them, this is NOT just a romantic movie it is so more than that. By the end of the movie you will feel a whole heap of emotions. You will be talking about this movie for a long time.
The only bad part about this movie is the length, which I think could be shortened a bit but on the whole this was a superb movie which is well worth a watch.
Go and Watch this! Amazing movie which will have you brimming with joy.
9 1/2 out of 10
- jameslamont
- Jan 2, 2005
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- Diario de una pasión
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- Budget
- $29,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $81,417,274
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,464,745
- Jun 27, 2004
- Gross worldwide
- $118,262,229
- Runtime2 hours 3 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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